Ireland

Arms exports in Ireland

Arms exports in Ireland: 26 million TIV in 2005 and 24 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
24 million TIV
Since 2005
−2 million TIV
World, 2025
33.5 billion TIV

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms exports in IrelandArms exports in Ireland: 26 million TIV in 2005 and 24 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 53 million TIV in 2006, the lowest 1 million TIV in 2011.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 53 million TIV in 2006, the lowest 1 million TIV in 2011.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearIrelandWorld
202524 million33.5 billion
202418 million30.7 billion
2023–29.5 billion
202246 million33.3 billion
202113 million27.1 billion
2020–24.1 billion
2019–27 billion
2018–27.4 billion
2017–31.3 billion
2016–31.5 billion
201510 million28.7 billion
201423 million27.1 billion
201344 million27.4 billion
201244 million27.9 billion
20111 million29.9 billion
201042 million25.8 billion
200945 million24.4 billion
200845 million24.1 billion
200751 million26.5 billion
200653 million24.5 billion
200526 million21.4 billion
2004–21.3 billion
2003–19.2 billion
2002–17.7 billion
2001–18.5 billion
2000–20.5 billion
1999–25.4 billion
1998–27.9 billion
1997–28.9 billion
1996–23.7 billion
1995–22.9 billion
1994–23 billion
1993–25.8 billion
1992–24.3 billion
1991–28.2 billion
1990–30.2 billion
1989–34.9 billion
1988–36.8 billion
1987–39.4 billion
1986–39 billion
1985–38.2 billion
1984–41.6 billion
1983–43.9 billion
1982–46.2 billion
1981–45.8 billion
1980–42.2 billion
1979–38.4 billion
1978–42.4 billion
1977–40 billion
1976–36 billion
1975–37.2 billion
1974–36.6 billion
1973–36.3 billion
1972–34.5 billion
1971–32.9 billion
1970–25.3 billion
1969–28.1 billion
1968–26.1 billion
1967–25.6 billion
1966–25.8 billion
1965–25.8 billion
1964–26.7 billion
1963–20.3 billion
1962–17.5 billion
1961–16.4 billion
1960–17.6 billion

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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